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For some strange reason I was unable to come up with anything truly relevant to write about this week (unless you want to read me rant about T.O.). So I thought I would play a little game ESPN likes to play called “Fact or Fiction.” I threw in a few things pertaining to U of L and the sports world in general.
Fact or Fiction: You know who the Fathauer Brothers are.
This is without a doubt fiction, but you should. Derek and Daryl Fathauer are twins playing golf here at U of L and have made some serious noise the past week at the US Amateur Championships. Keep your ear to the grindstone about these two when the Cardinals’ golf season rolls around in September.
Fact or Fiction: The Cards are going to cover the 25-plus point spread, Odds makers are posting for the battle for the Governor’s Cup.
Fact. Kentucky has only one starter returning in the secondary and a quarterback controversy. The Cards have the home field advantage and with exception to University of Kentucky linebacker Micah Johnson, senior running back Michael Bush could eat any of the Wildcats’ starters on defense for breakfast. Running over them with the football will be a walk in the park (if there ever comes a time when the Cards need to run).
Fact or Fiction: Just about anyone who has done anything good in the national sporting world in the last 10 years has cheated.
Fact. Barry Bonds did use steroids (everyone needs to get off his back because so did a majority of pro baseball). Marion Jones, Floyd Landis (who I think has gone underground or is no longer alive) and Justin Gatlin (we all know he cheated), are the most high profile guys. Think about everyone else who did great things. But hey, the phrase “cheaters never win” is bogus; it should be “winners are the people who cheat and get away with it.”
Fact or Fiction: Fantasy Football is better than Fantasy Baseball.
Fiction. Fantasy Football is no doubt fun, but everybody needs to get real. This head-to-head nonsense is a joke. How can you have a league where the winner may be a manager with a team that scores the third or fourth lowest points on the season but somehow eked out enough victories to get in the playoffs and then suddenly his team gets hot and wins the playoffs? My suggestion: change it over to a rotisserie format like most baseball leagues, so the team with the most points all year wins it all.
Fact or Fiction: The Cards are going to the National Title game this year in football?
Fact. The offense is going to be down right unstoppable and with our two toughest games at home, it ís only going to make things easier. Sure, we play in the softest football conference among the big six but it will work out to our advantage when everyone in the SEC, Big Ten and ACC beats up on each other and nobody comes out undefeated. Throw into the mix an underrated defense (with an underrated, soon to be superstar at linebacker Nate Harris) and no clear cut number one team. Yeah, I’ll see you in Glendale, Ariz., this January.
Andrew Krumme is a senior majoring in Finance. E-mail him at akrumme@louisvillecardinal.com.
